Pachai Kili Muthu Charam - Review

Pachai Kili Muthu Charam - Catchy title. Definitely a title that could pull the crowd to theatre. And Gautam Menon has already established himself as a saleable director and his brand value does have the elements to pull the crowd. Jo with her scintillating looks doesn't need major explanations as to why she is a crowd puller. Sarath kumar does have some pockets of people that vouch for his screen presence.

So this movie has the right set of people joining hands in the pursuit of providing a block buster. Does it work? It's a 50-50

Its no more a news that this movie is inspired based on an English Novel called Derailed and Gautam had tried his best to be faithful to the plot. Tamil cinema has not seen such a bold script in the recent past. So that by itself makes this movie work - but only 50%.

What doesn't work in this movie is the characters.

Sarath Kumar has chosen a different role in this movie and is definitely a welcome change from his regular Nattamai or police officer characters. But does he fit into the character of Venkatesh - a man whose life takes a somersault because of an unfortunate incident. The answer is a NO. He seems to have the hangover of his earlier movies and he gives a stiff look in areas where it is not warranted. Heard that this role was first offered to Kamal - and had he taken up this role it would have been awesome.

Jo - she is one of the finest female lead artists that Tamil cinema has produced so far - she does have the capability to take up any sort of roles - but it is hard to see her in this role. Some how her facial expressions doesn't suit this character which has negative shades. There can be two reasons for this - one - she has done too many "nice-bubbly" characters and hence it is not easy to accept her in a role having negative shades. Reason two, the director could have provided some background in terms of the negative character - so that it is easy for the audience to accept the character.



Andrea plays the role of Venky's (Sarath) wife - kalyani. In a nutshell, she has a long way to go to establish herself as an actress. She definitely got to hone up her acting skills.

Milind Soman plays the role of villain - and Gautham has lent his voice. The problem with Gautam's villains off late is - they all have a striking resemblance to the pandiya character of Kakkha Kakkha. His villains will have a long hair, would wear a worn-off jean throughout the movie, will be surrounded by some tapori look alikes, bad language, and high decibel and so on. Milind's character is no different in this movie.

So Gautam has succeeded in choosing a bold script. Dialogues are definitely bold in some shots and he has done neat job w/regards to choosing the technical crew. Arvind's camera is excellent - especially in some close ups.

But Gautam has failed miserably in the casting - which to my mind is a key thing that brings down the movie. And of course I should say that the last 20 mins is a regular Tamil cinema pot-boiler and I could visibly see the crowd going impatient towards the end of the movie.

Pachai Kili Muthu Charam - one of the best title movie in the recent past - could have been better in terms of watching experience!!!